towing near max weight. advice?
Hello all! I am new to the forums and was hoping for some much needed advice. My wife and I have been shopping for a new TT for almost 6 months and have finally fallen in love with one. We are get...
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mike77leprechaun wrote:
I'll give you my advise from someone who has done what you are asking about for years with three different trailers and taken all kinds of grief from people on this board for it....... The truck WILL tow it, and it WILL be miserable. It will be hard to control and stressful. It will wear on that truck. I am not a "you need a diesel to tow a pop up" type person but after upgrading my truck I finally know what towing is supposed to be like no stress. So yeah I wouldn't let the fact that you're going to be a bit over get in the way of getting the trailer you want but it's not going to be a fun tow.
I'm a lot like mike77, I have done what your considering and it isn't a fun towing experience. In fact I just came back from vacation and in the campground I was in, the guy next to me was pulling a 32ft 5er with a Silverado 1500 with the 5.7. All I can say is i'm glad it was him and not me. Currently i'm towing about 6200lbs fully loaded to camp and 26ft with my 12 Silverado 1500 with the 342 gears and a tow capacity of 9600. I'm towing as much as I would want to tow with that truck. As Mike said you can tow it but it will NOT be a good experience. Good Luck and let us know how you come out.
